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Decoding Rhymes
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Submitted By: stormtrooper Corrected By: cripple1315
Submitted By: stormtrooper Corrected By: cripple1315
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Decode this well known nursery rhyme:
A small number of child laborers were attempting to traverse a more elevated position in a vain attempt to procure a quarter of a rundlet of a hydrogen and oxygen compound. Half their number experienced an uncontrollable descent that resulted in severe damage to the pate. And soon it came to pass that the rest of the labor force followed suit, but with far less serious consequences.
A small number of child laborers were attempting to traverse a more elevated position in a vain attempt to procure a quarter of a rundlet of a hydrogen and oxygen compound. Half their number experienced an uncontrollable descent that resulted in severe damage to the pate. And soon it came to pass that the rest of the labor force followed suit, but with far less serious consequences.
Answer
Jack and JillWent up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down
And broke his Crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
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Very creative teaser! I had to laugh at the thought of a parent sitting down with a child and reciting Jack and Jill your way!
Good job stormtrooper! Having had an English teacher for a father that loved big words; I really enjoyed this! Added to my favorites.
hahahahaha!! that's hilarious!! what a great teaser
Wow this is a great one! I added it to my favorites! Good job!
Loved It!!! You have to come up with more of these!! It definately took me a while to figure it out--you did a great job! Very Creative!
thats great! i liked that one. too many big words for my little head
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Good one, keep them coming!
that was good but i got it before i even finished the first line !
That was brilliant. Seriously. Even though it was fairly easy to guess, I definitely had to give that one full marks for "fun."
That was a great - if easy - teaser! Ya' made my favorites!
I love these nursery rhyme teasers
A no-brainer...but fun to see a simple nursery rhyme transformed into an intelligent story.
Excellent!
I had it figured out by the time I got to "more elevated position" but I still thought it was nifty. Fun stuff!
First HANSEL AND GRETAL came to mind.. then voila...... JACK AND JILL of course...
GOOD one....
GOOD one....
very nice and very well written..very seldem is there a teaser on this site worth doing and this is a great one...
Nice and easy. I can't imagine too many not getting this one. Good teaser for everybody.
I never thought of Jack and Jill as child labourers. As far as I'm concerned, they're just 2 random people. Where does it say that they're child labourers?
Good one! Easy, but fun, nonetheless.
Jack and Jill went up the hill
Each of them had a quarter.
Jill came down with fifty cents.
...... And Uncle Saxman cannot continue with such a lewd nursery rhyme.
Jack and Jill went up the hill
Each of them had a quarter.
Jill came down with fifty cents.
...... And Uncle Saxman cannot continue with such a lewd nursery rhyme.
Who else could possibly find a lewd ending to Jack and Jill?
It was fun...nursery rhyme was all I needed to decode it. Please keep creating these!
It was fun...nursery rhyme was all I needed to decode it. Please keep creating these!
This was fun! I love big words, too, and Nursery Rhymes. Has anyone ever written a book of Nursery Rhymes in words like these$ Would be a fun book for a graduation gift.
I guess they were child laborers because they had to go up the hill to fetch water.
I guess they were child laborers because they had to go up the hill to fetch water.
loved it...easy but fun...Hey Saxman, I'm from England, and a 'crown' was a form of currency in years past, so the 'lewd' version of Jack and Jill my Dad always recited was....
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
to fetch a pail of water,
Jill came down with half a crown,
...but not for fetching water.
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
to fetch a pail of water,
Jill came down with half a crown,
...but not for fetching water.
This is great!
Saxman might consider changing one of the vowels in his name.
Tx Yorkshire Boy for your funny rhyme!
I got this one" cause of the Hydrogen,Oxygen part & brain injury. Very very creative. Pls write more like this.
Tx Yorkshire Boy for your funny rhyme!
I got this one" cause of the Hydrogen,Oxygen part & brain injury. Very very creative. Pls write more like this.
this may be the new politically correct version of Jack N Jill. great teaser.
YOUR EFFORTS ARE LAUDATORY, BUT PERMIT ME TO SUGGEST TRYING TO BETTER DISGUISE THE RHYME SO AS TO OFFER A BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO ALL OF US.
A STORY.
MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE ONCE UPON A TIME.... SOME PEOPLE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR.... ENCOUNTERED SOME DIFFICULTY AND SUFFERED BODILY HARM......
I DON'T KNOW, I'M A CRITIC, NOT A WRITER. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.
A STORY.
MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE ONCE UPON A TIME.... SOME PEOPLE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR.... ENCOUNTERED SOME DIFFICULTY AND SUFFERED BODILY HARM......
I DON'T KNOW, I'M A CRITIC, NOT A WRITER. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME.
Yeah jack and Jill-- Mother goose would be proud!
great use of the English language
hey "coolguy", doing any kind of physical work is labor.
very creative teaser, keep em coming.
very creative teaser, keep em coming.
Loved this one, but I never heard Saxman's version before. Very funny, but why leave out the punch line? Only kidding, some things are better left unsaid.
Easy, but fun and well-written! Thanks for submitting.
PS: Yorkshire's version is new to me... Very funny!
PS: Yorkshire's version is new to me... Very funny!
awsome esay but cool
Great job!! Fun to figure out.
great! I got it at the beggining.
Not bad...but really easy.
haha i liked it. a good teaser for everybody =] i didnt get it right though haha.
A fun one! Keep 'em coming.
that was super easy
I love these...
clever!! i think it is so fun to read these things .
Thats great keep them comin
thats a great one. and i got it right away to.
I think I'm the only one who didn't get it. (I really really need a grandchild) But I loved it. Gave me a big smile.
This is great!!! I loved it! I love talking in "smart language" or "Cliffese" as I've seen it called on here (Cliffese- not using a smaller word when a larger one would work). I really liked it! Didn't get it... But I liked it!
That was so much fun!! I want more!!!
This reminds me of a story a friend once sent me "Politically Correct Little Red Riding Hood". Hilarious! More of these would be great!
very very good teaser. i loved it. took me a while to solve it but i did it. many more please.
lmurray, you are very good at criticizing other people when they submit a teaser. why have i NEVER seem a teaser submitted by you?
Very well written. Thanks!
nicely done.
great one and i got it too
Easy but still fun! Good job!
Still fun.
No matter how its said, it's still old "Jack & Jill" fetching a pail of water. Someone fell down breaking their crown and the other comes tumbling after. Its a great teaser. keep them coming.
Another easy one! At least I can get the easy ones.
Had it by the 2nd line, easy but an interesting idea.
Knew it before finishing the first sentence. The only reason they were there, Jack was to cheap to connect to the city waterline.
The bit about child laborers made me smile.
Now that was an easy one, made me smile though.
easy, but fun and well done!
The well is on top of a hill?! What the heck is going on with the hydrology?!
Another one for the kiddies me thinks?
These obscuration through verbosity teasers are not my favorites as a genre. However, this one did make me laugh and had some creative turns of phrase. A fun, quick, enjoyable diversion.
nice! really smart i had to read it a few times over to figure it out
Fun, easy and entertaining teaser. I got it very quickly.
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